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Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs - Wayeb

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Kettunen & Helmke 2011<br />

Thematic Dictionary: Nouns and Adjectives<br />

Root/stem: Transliteration: Transcription: GC: Translation:<br />

xu’ xu xu[’] n unknown type of kind of<br />

ant or in this case may<br />

qualify the attributes of a<br />

type of beetle<br />

xukpi’? xu?-ku-pi xukpi[’]? n dance object or possibly<br />

the name of dance<br />

expressions in the<br />

Usumacinta involving<br />

the cruciform and socalled<br />

“bird-staffs”<br />

yatik<br />

ya-ti-ki<br />

YATIK-ki<br />

YATIK<br />

yatik<br />

yatik<br />

yatik<br />

n<br />

unknown type of flower<br />

(?)<br />

yax<br />

ya-xa<br />

ya-YAX<br />

YAX<br />

yax<br />

yax<br />

yax<br />

adj<br />

1) “blue-green”<br />

2) “clear, clean”<br />

3) “first”<br />

yaxjal<br />

YAX-ja[la]<br />

ya-YAX-ja-la<br />

yax-jal<br />

yax-jal<br />

adj<br />

blue<br />

yaxte’<br />

YAX-te-e<br />

YAX-TE’<br />

yax-te’<br />

yax-te’<br />

cn<br />

lit. “blue-green-tree”<br />

specifically refers <strong>to</strong> the<br />

Ceiba tree (Ceiba<br />

pentandra)<br />

yaxun? /<br />

yaxu’n? /<br />

yaxuun?<br />

ya-xu?-nu<br />

ya-xu?-na<br />

ya-YAXUN?<br />

YAXUN?<br />

ya-xu?-ni<br />

yaxun?<br />

yaxun? / yaxu’n?<br />

yaxun? / yaxu[’]n? /<br />

yaxu[u]n?<br />

yaxun? / yaxu[’]n? /<br />

yaxu[u]n?<br />

yaxun? / yaxuun?<br />

n<br />

“cotinga”? specifically<br />

the Lovely Continga<br />

(Cotinga amabilis)?<br />

yokib yo-ki-bi y-ok-ib n “canyon, gorge”<br />

yubte’ yu-bu-TE’ y-ub-te’ n “tribute cloth, tribute<br />

mantel”<br />

yuhklaj kab yu-ku-[la]ja KAB-# y-u[h]k-laj kab cn lit. “earth-shaken” <strong>to</strong> be<br />

unders<strong>to</strong>od as “earthquake”<br />

yul / yu’l<br />

yu-lu<br />

yu-la<br />

yul<br />

yu’l<br />

n<br />

“polished object”<br />

yum yu-mu yum n “father, boss, patron”<br />

126/154

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